Latin Legal Terms

Effractors – in the context of Criminal Law, this legal term refers to the figures of burglars or thieves. These are physical individuals – criminals, who use to steal valuable movables and other items from people in order to gain benefit for themselves or for others. Their crimes are punishable by the provisions of the Criminal Law.

Compensatio morae – in practice, this term applies in the Law of Contracts. It details a situation where there is non-performance of both t...

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